Plympton property stabbing: Man charged with murder of property manager

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a property manager to death in a ‘random’ attack.

The 30-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder following the death of Julie ‘Julez’ Seed, 38, on Wednesday afternoon.

Ms Seed, a property manager, and a 50-year-old woman were allegedly stabbed at the offices of Real Estate Agents Group on Lydia Street in Plympton, Adelaide.

Ms Seed died at the scene while the second woman was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) with serious injuries.

The 30-year-old man, who was not known to either woman, was arrested by police at the scene and charged with the two offenses on Thursday.

Paramedics (above) spent an hour on the scene resuscitating Ms Seed after the alleged ‘random’ attack

South Australian Health confirmed the arrested man had been released from an inpatient treatment order at RAH just two days before the alleged attack.

The decision to release him will be reviewed by the chief psychiatrist.

Chief Inspector Kieran Baggoley said the man was known to police but was not on bail.

“We are working through its history and understanding its antecedents,” he told reporters Wednesday evening.

“It’s still very early in the investigation.”

Emergency services reportedly found the man ‘calmly’ outside the office, while the seriously injured women remained inside.

Police found a knife and a small hammer at the scene.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate Ms Seed for an hour after the alleged stabbing at 3.40pm, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 50-year-old woman remains in a stable condition after she was allegedly stabbed by the 30-year-old man on Wednesday (photo, police on scene)

As of Thursday morning, the surviving woman remains in a stable condition following emergency surgery.

Chillingly, the last message the estate agency uploaded on Facebook had warned that ‘tomorrow is not promised to anyone’.

“You never know when the sand will run out of the hourglass,” the post said.

The small office is across from a supermarket car park on a residential street and families were among those who saw the tragic events unfold.

Witnesses at the scene said they felt helpless as they listened to the women’s screams shortly after the alleged knifeman entered the building.

“I just hear a lady screaming and I’m listening to the door just closing,” one woman said 9News.

“To stand here and watch was really scary and horrifying to see,” another added.

Police do not believe the alleged attack was targeted or the result of a botched robbery.

Witnesses at the scene said they felt helpless as they listened to the women’s screams shortly after the alleged knifeman entered the building (photo, emergency services on scene)

‘At this stage the investigation is still very early [but] This is expected to be a random attack,” Inspector Baggoley said.

‘There is no information to suggest it is anything else.

“There is no motive related to a robbery that we have identified at this time.”

Officers claim a man was wandering around Lydia Street and Anzac Highway prior to the attack and asked anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.